Mountains to Molehills: ‘Poor showing'

Published: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 7:20 a.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 7:20 a.m.

Phyllis Fasnacht of Hendersonville is hoping Mountains to Molehills readers took time to watch the recent vice presidential debate. "It was very revealing when the vice president of these United States sat there and laughed, smirked and ridiculed a possible new vice president," she sizes up his performance. "Mr. Biden was rude, crude and at times acted demented. What would he do at a meeting with representatives of other countries, with whom he disagreed? Would he sit there, make faces and laugh his head off? What a poor showing. How can anyone think of him as a serious candidate? And Mr. Barack Obama has such disregard for his office that he is more interested in being on the talk shows than taking care of the business of our country, for which he was elected. As a result of his neglect, our ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed due to the lack of protection when requested. The election is coming up so quickly, no time to tarry. Do not keep these two inept men in office another four years or we will not have the United States of America we all love."

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Reach Lou Parris at 828-694-7836 or molehills@blueridgenow.com

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QUIPS CHRIS BURLESON of Columbus: "After discussing with a co-worker how grade school students are able to learn names of all the presidents of the United States, in the order they were elected, we started discussing the exam that immigrants have to take to be naturalized. and we decided that if we were given the test we would be deported immediately."

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OVERHEARD: "My mother taught me the circle of life: ‘I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.' "

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PROUD MOM: Don't worry. Be happy. Ah, it's the good life for Donna Davis in Hendersonville. "It's incredibly beautiful here. I'm grateful for the cooler air and for waking up and being alive. There is no need to worry," she says. "And I have a 17-year-old daughter I am very thankful for. She is a senior at Hendersonville High School, and she makes me very proud."

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‘MATH INSTRUCTION': Making the Internet rounds is the tale about a schoolteacher who was arrested at the airport for attempting to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, a slide-rule and a calculator. At a morning news conference, as the story goes, the attorney general said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction. "Al-Gebra is a problem for us," the attorney general said. "They derive solutions by means and extremes and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values. They use secret code names like ‘X' and ‘Y' and refer to themselves as ‘unknowns,' but we have determined that they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country." But as a Greek philosopher used to say, "There are three sides to every triangle." When asked to comment on the arrest, the president said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, he would have given us more fingers and toes." White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the president. It is believed that another Nobel Prize will follow.

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LAST BUT NOT LEAST: Flat Rock's Tailgate Market's last day this year will be Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m. The market is sponsored by the Flat Rock Merchants Association and is located behind Little Rainbow Row along Highway 25 in Flat Rock, just south of the Flat Rock Playhouse. For more information about the market, call 697-7719. And mark your calendars for the annual Flat Rock Christmas Market to be held Dec. 8, from 2 to 5 p.m., behind Hand in Hand Gallery and in the courtyard in front of Hubba Hubba Smoke House.

<p>Phyllis Fasnacht of Hendersonville is hoping Mountains to Molehills readers took time to watch the recent vice presidential debate. "It was very revealing when the vice president of these United States sat there and laughed, smirked and ridiculed a possible new vice president," she sizes up his performance. "Mr. Biden was rude, crude and at times acted demented. What would he do at a meeting with representatives of other countries, with whom he disagreed? Would he sit there, make faces and laugh his head off? What a poor showing. How can anyone think of him as a serious candidate? And Mr. Barack Obama has such disregard for his office that he is more interested in being on the talk shows than taking care of the business of our country, for which he was elected. As a result of his neglect, our ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed due to the lack of protection when requested. The election is coming up so quickly, no time to tarry. Do not keep these two inept men in office another four years or we will not have the United States of America we all love."</p><p>u</p><p>QUIPS CHRIS BURLESON of Columbus: "After discussing with a co-worker how grade school students are able to learn names of all the presidents of the United States, in the order they were elected, we started discussing the exam that immigrants have to take to be naturalized. and we decided that if we were given the test we would be deported immediately."</p><p>u</p><p>OVERHEARD: "My mother taught me the circle of life: 'I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.' "</p><p>u</p><p>PROUD MOM: Don't worry. Be happy. Ah, it's the good life for Donna Davis in Hendersonville. "It's incredibly beautiful here. I'm grateful for the cooler air and for waking up and being alive. There is no need to worry," she says. "And I have a 17-year-old daughter I am very thankful for. She is a senior at Hendersonville High School, and she makes me very proud."</p><p>u</p><p>'MATH INSTRUCTION': Making the Internet rounds is the tale about a schoolteacher who was arrested at the airport for attempting to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, a slide-rule and a calculator. At a morning news conference, as the story goes, the attorney general said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction. "Al-Gebra is a problem for us," the attorney general said. "They derive solutions by means and extremes and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values. They use secret code names like 'X' and 'Y' and refer to themselves as 'unknowns,' but we have determined that they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country." But as a Greek philosopher used to say, "There are three sides to every triangle." When asked to comment on the arrest, the president said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, he would have given us more fingers and toes." White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the president. It is believed that another Nobel Prize will follow.</p><p>u</p><p>LAST BUT NOT LEAST: Flat Rock's Tailgate Market's last day this year will be Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m. The market is sponsored by the Flat Rock Merchants Association and is located behind Little Rainbow Row along Highway 25 in Flat Rock, just south of the Flat Rock Playhouse. For more information about the market, call 697-7719. And mark your calendars for the annual Flat Rock Christmas Market to be held Dec. 8, from 2 to 5 p.m., behind Hand in Hand Gallery and in the courtyard in front of Hubba Hubba Smoke House.</p>